How do you check a stock's dividend payout history?

Question

How do you check a stock's dividend payout history?

Answer 1

You can do it on Yahoo with the "historical prices" page. If you start on a quote page, such as

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ge

and click on "Historical Prices" on the left-hand side of the page, you can enter a starting and ending dates, then click the "Dividends Only" box then click the "Get Prices" button to get a page like this

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=GE&a=00&...